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SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for Sas 9
New and experienced SAS users who want to prepare for the Base Programming for SAS 9 exam will find the SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Second Edition, to be an invaluable, convenient, and comprehensive resource that covers all of the objectives tested on the exam. Major topics include importing and exporting raw data files, creating and modifying SAS data sets, and identifying and correcting data syntax and programming logic errors. You will also become familiar with the enhancements and new functionality that are available in SAS 9. Each chapter includes a quiz on the chapter's contents, and the book includes a free CD-ROM with tutorials, practice data, and sample programs to further reinforce and test your SAS skills. This guide and the accompanying CD-ROM provide you with a solid study resource as well as a go-to reference for your library.
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816 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2006
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January 4, 2018
It's a technical guide and test prep book. It's great for its purpose. Good examples, thorough, detailed. It's written by the company that administers the test so it will definitely prepare you.
January 5, 2018
The test was fairly pedantic but doable. Guide + experience should be sufficient.
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October 27, 2020good informational book
November 11, 2018
Passed the certification exam today. Although this book may be a good starting point, it is nowhere near comprehensive and is really lacking in practice questions that reflect how painstakingly detailed the real exam questions are. Also, much of the topics covered in the book are already covered in the free SAS Programming1 e-Learning course found on the official SAS website. My advice is to begin there.
To supplement your studies, I’d recommend downloading the free app “BaseSASPractice” (found in the App Store and Google Store) for a great collection of ~300 practice questions. I used these and the SAS Content Guide to pinpoint gaps in my knowledge. Then I googled the topics I needed to learn/brush up on to find the SAS Language Reference’s page about them.
The app’s practice questions and the notes I took while going through the online SAS tutorial were probably the main reasons I passed the certification. This book unfortunately doesn’t do what it says it does—I think it’s more of a memory refresher than a one-stop study guide.
Good luck!
To supplement your studies, I’d recommend downloading the free app “BaseSASPractice” (found in the App Store and Google Store) for a great collection of ~300 practice questions. I used these and the SAS Content Guide to pinpoint gaps in my knowledge. Then I googled the topics I needed to learn/brush up on to find the SAS Language Reference’s page about them.
The app’s practice questions and the notes I took while going through the online SAS tutorial were probably the main reasons I passed the certification. This book unfortunately doesn’t do what it says it does—I think it’s more of a memory refresher than a one-stop study guide.
Good luck!
April 22, 2014
I am using this book to help prepare me for the SAS Certifcation Exam (Base Programming for SAS 9).
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May 10, 2019
Want to learn SAS. This book is good for SAS knowledge
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